| 单词 | white fox |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswhite fox white fox n. an Arctic fox ( Vulpes lagopus) that has white fur in winter; the colour morph of the Arctic fox characterized by this coloration; (also) the fur of this animal; cf. blue fox n. at blue adj. and n. Compounds 1b(a). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > [noun] > genus Alopex (arctic fox) white fox1589 blue fox1762 Arctic fox1771 isatis1774 stone-fox1832 corsac1838 1589 R. Hakluyt tr. J. Hasse in Princ. Navigations ii. 294 The Furres and Fethers which come to Colmogro, as Sables, Beauers, Minkes.., Wooluerings, and white Foxes. 1696 in H. Kelsey Papers (1929) 54 They [sc. Indians] brought nothing but 2 white fox skins. 1774 O. Goldsmith Hist. Earth III. 333 The fur of the white fox is held in no great estimation. 1862 Canad. Naturalist May 138 White foxes have been killed on the south shore of Great Slave Lake. 2012 D. Naughton Nat. Hist. Canad Mammals 391/2 White foxes are most common in the Canadian Arctic. < as lemmas |
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